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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike Sullivan" data-source="post: 975055" data-attributes="member: 9824">Similar to the old AD&D2 concept of "one-weapon style" specialization, which gave an AC bonus.How-evah, I'd be inclined not to do that in 3.5, for the simple reason that TWF now has "off-hand defense," which gives an AC bonus, and it seems that too many styles would be edging in on the same niche.Some other concepts might be an initiative bonus, or even a concept that I've played around with a few times, the "stepping lunge," whereby, essentially, you threaten an area within a 10' reach, at some cost (like, an AC or attack penalty, or both), to represent the quick, highly extended lunges of some fencing styles.There's also disarm-focused stuff, since there is a natural advantage to disarming if you have a hand free (you get the weapon).What I'd stay away from:  Damage bonuses (infringes on big-weapon and two-weapon niches), AC bonuses (infringes on sword-and-board and, to a lesser extent, two-weapon niches).</blockquote>